Mines 165. But even if it was lower, when running DWC, I don't see any reason why anyone WOULDN'T just use R/O water anyways. It's so much better. Gives you a clean slate to get your ppms exactly where you want them and ensures any bullshit is filtered out. Mine goes from 165 to a solid 13 when it comes out.
My ppm is 80(0.16EC) right out the tap. No expensive filters.Mines 165. But even if it was lower, when running DWC, I don't see any reason why anyone WOULDN'T just use R/O water anyways. It's so much better. Gives you a clean slate to get your ppms exactly where you want them and ensures any bullshit is filtered out. Mine goes from 165 to a solid 13 when it comes out.
Calmag is a micro. It doesnt use that much of it to affect right away. Also a deficiency is orange spots (calcium) and interveinal chlorosis (Mag)
Ive told you this twice already.
H2o2 will kill the hydroguard since it's a bacteria. So it's one or the other. Everything else looks good. Once you've decided on sterile (h2o2) or beneficial: hydroguard it will take a couple days to 'recover' and show new growth. As long as they don't continue to decline in health. If the roots are not fairly developed it can take a minute. You will know when they are growing again when the roots really start to take off. If you actually do have an infection, a good idea is to use h202 once, wait 24 hrs, one more dose, then 24 hrs later add the hydroguard (3ml/gal) and you are set. Plants don't respond super fast when they are young. Honestly I pay attention to the roots more than anything. Good root growth means good top growth. Don't give up, you're really close!
Thanks appreciate your input I didn't realize peroxide and Hydroguard cancel eah other out essentially good to know. You use 3 ml per gallon of guard. I was told 2 ml. How much cal mag would ou say per gallon for young plants? As they grow should I increase the amounts of all nutes?
For hydroguard, I like 3ml/gal. bottle says 2 i believe. Nice thing about h2o2 is that it will evaporate after a short time, so you can sterilize your system and then add the hydroguard after it's evaporated. For calmag, I only use 2ml/gal all the way through, and I do use ro water too. Sometimes I cut it out because I never see any deficiencies. In hydro you really need to measure your nutes by ec/ppm. Everyone's system is a little different, but there are commonalities. Using gh nutes, I max out at 1.4ec (700ppm .500 scale). They seem to be able to handle .8 to 1.0 early on without any problems. That's usually the ec when the roots hit the water. Around week 5 in flower they seem to like a lower ec, around 1.0 and a higher ph, closer to 6.0-6.2. Another tip I just remembered when the roots are still developing like that, I like to take a scoop of water a couple times a day from the bucket it's in and pour it over the top to give the roots not exposed to the water a dose of nutes. If you can get those roots to grow, the rest will take care of itself.
Can I ask do you have a reverse osmosis system or where do you get the water? I hear everyone talking about RO water I looked and system seems way too expensive for me but I wish I had something better than tap water. Although mines not too bad ph is usually 6.8 and has a ppm of 68
If uoure having a magnesium def. epsom is good. Or if you mix your own nutrients. Your nutes should have enough.
